1 files changed, 29 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index db9091e..2bd2d39 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 #include "bisect.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_terms, "BISECT_TERMS")
+
 static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
 	N_("git bisect--helper --next-all [--no-checkout]"),
-	N_("git bisect--helper --check-term-format <term> <orig_term>"),
+	N_("git bisect--helper --write-terms <bad_term> <good_term>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -57,18 +59,38 @@ static int check_term_format(const char *term, const char *orig_term)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int write_terms(const char *bad, const char *good)
+{
+	FILE *fp = NULL;
+	int res;
+
+	if (!strcmp(bad, good))
+		return error(_("please use two different terms"));
+
+	if (check_term_format(bad, "bad") || check_term_format(good, "good"))
+		return -1;
+
+	fp = fopen(git_path_bisect_terms(), "w");
+	if (!fp)
+		return error_errno(_("could not open the file BISECT_TERMS"));
+
+	res = fprintf(fp, "%s\n%s\n", bad, good);
+	res |= fclose(fp);
+	return (res < 0) ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	enum {
 		NEXT_ALL = 1,
-		CHECK_TERM_FMT
+		WRITE_TERMS
 	} cmdmode = 0;
 	int no_checkout = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "next-all", &cmdmode,
 			 N_("perform 'git bisect next'"), NEXT_ALL),
-		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "check-term-format", &cmdmode,
-			 N_("check format of the term"), CHECK_TERM_FMT),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "write-terms", &cmdmode,
+			 N_("write the terms to .git/BISECT_TERMS"), WRITE_TERMS),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-checkout", &no_checkout,
 			 N_("update BISECT_HEAD instead of checking out the current commit")),
 		OPT_END()
@@ -83,10 +105,10 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	switch (cmdmode) {
 	case NEXT_ALL:
 		return bisect_next_all(prefix, no_checkout);
-	case CHECK_TERM_FMT:
+	case WRITE_TERMS:
 		if (argc != 2)
-			return error(_("--check-term-format requires two arguments"));
-		return check_term_format(argv[0], argv[1]);
+			return error(_("--write-terms requires two arguments"));
+		return write_terms(argv[0], argv[1]);
 	default:
 		return error("BUG: unknown subcommand '%d'", cmdmode);
 	}